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Liberal Writer: I Wish I’d Been Aborted

British writer Lynn Beisner has something of a strange desire. Namely, she wishes her mother had aborted her, and wants to tell the world about it. What’s a woman with a possible retroactive death wish to do? Apparently, publish her musings on this desire in a widely read UK newspaper (in this case, The Guardian), all under the guise of free advice to the pro-choice community on how best to sell their message!

The result is a bizarre but instructive window into the mind of someone with an unusual viewpoint, albeit one with gaping logical holes. From Beisner’s article (emphasis added):

In the last couple of months, I have read two of these abortion deliverance stories that have been particularly offensive. The first story is one propagated by Rebecca Kiessling, the poster child for the no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. On her website Kiessling says that every time we say abortion should be allowed, at least in the case of rape or incest, we are saying to her: “If I had my way, you’d be dead right now.” She goes on to say, “I absolutely would have been aborted if it had been legal in Michigan when I was an unborn child, and I can tell you that it hurts [when people say that abortion should be legal].”[...]

What makes these stories so infuriating to me is that they are emotional blackmail. As readers or listeners, we are almost forced by these anti-choice versions of A Wonderful Life to say, “Oh, I am so glad you were born.” And then by extension, we are soon forced into saying, “Yes, of course, every blastula of cells should be allowed to develop into a human being.”[...]

Here is why it is so effective: people freak out when you tell an opposing story. I make even my most ardent pro-choice friends and colleagues very uncomfortable when I explain why my mother should have aborted me. Somehow they confuse the well-considered and rational: “The best choice for both my mother and me would have been abortion” with the infamous expression of depression and angst: “I wish I had never been born.” The two are really very different things, and we must draw that distinction clearly.

The narrative that anti-choice crusaders are telling is powerful, moving, and best of all it has a happy ending. It makes the woman who carries to term a hero, and for narrative purposes it hides her maternal failing. We cannot argue against heroic, redemptive, happy-ending fairytales using cold statistics. If we want to keep our reproductive rights, we must be willing to tell our stories, to be willing and able to say, “I love my life, but I wish my mother had aborted me.”

Now, set aside the numerous moral problems you may have with this first set of passages, and consider this: It fails even on its own terms. The author complains that personal anecdotes don’t necessarily work as a guide for policy (true), and that they equal out to emotional blackmail if used in a particular way (also true). However, rather than use this as an excuse to defend the importance of statistics or other, more objective measures, her response is that because this tactic – which she hates – is effective, people on her side need to start doing something similar. In other words, “I hate this and it’s clearly immoral but I think we should do it anyway because it works.” That’s a bit of a confusing message.

But even if you concede her point that these pro-life anecdotes work because they’re emotionally resonant, what does she propose as the pro-choice answer? Apparently, to make an argument that even makes pro-choice people queasy. Why she thinks this would work well against people who are ideologically hostile if it doesn’t work on people who are ideologically friendly is not explained. And this isn’t even dealing with the meat of her argument (again, emphasis added):

An abortion would have absolutely been better for my mother. An abortion would have made it more likely that she would finish high school and get a college education. At college in the late 1960s, it seems likely she would have found feminism or psychology or something that would have helped her overcome her childhood trauma and pick better partners. She would have been better prepared when she had children. If nothing else, getting an abortion would have saved her from plunging into poverty. She likely would have stayed in the same socioeconomic strata as her parents and grandparents who were professors. I wish she had aborted me because I love her and want what is best for her.

Abortion would have been a better option for me. If you believe what reproductive scientists tell us, that I was nothing more than a conglomeration of cells, then there was nothing lost. I could have experienced no consciousness or pain. But even if you discount science and believe I had consciousness and could experience pain at six gestational weeks, I would chose the brief pain or fear of an abortion over the decades of suffering I endured.

More ugly details about her mother’s life and hers follow this section. All that needs to be noted about this section (aside from the rather silly belief that feminism or psychology could have been a panacea for this woman’s mother) is that the second highlighted passage takes it on faith that the amount of pain Ms. Beisner went through growing up relative to the amount of pain she would have experienced being aborted is the relevant measure of whether Beisner’s life is worth living. Remember that, because despite not being true, it points the way to the biggest problem with the article.

So what was the painful experience Ms. Beisner went through? This:

[My mother] abused me, beating me viciously and often. We lived in bone-crushing poverty, and our little family became a magnet for predatory men and organisations. My mother found minimal support in a small church, and became involved with the pastor who was undeniably schizophrenic, narcissistic and sadistic. The abuse I endured was compounded by deprivation. Before the age of 14, I had never been to a sleepover, been allowed to talk to a friend on the phone, eaten in a restaurant, watched a television show, listened to the radio, read a non-Christian book, or even worn a pair of jeans.

Now, if we are to assume that this author believes everyone who had her experience should have been aborted rather than suffer through it, what does this passage mean? That we should assume every child that is beaten, or suffers deprivation, will not have a life worth living because they will go through so much pain? How is this a pro-choice argument, given that the root argument of the pro-choice community is that a woman should have free agency over her body and damn the consequences? Isn‘t this kind of blanket support for abortion in cases of potential child abuse just as problematic as a blanket belief that it’s unacceptable all the time, according to a pro-choice metric? And if it is, isn’t this argument more an argument for abortion being morally mandatory than for choice?

Yes, yes, it is. See also this passage near the end:

Actually, in terms of contributions to the world, I am a net loss. Everything that I have done – including parenting, teaching, researching, and being a loving partner – could have been done as well, if not better by other people. Any positive contributions that I have made are completely offset by what it has cost society to help me overcome the disadvantages and injuries of my childhood to become a functional and contributing member of society.

One doesn’t need to analyze Ms. Beisner’s logically impossible concluding passages for the problem with this article to be obvious – namely, it’s just as anti-choice as the people Ms. Beisner disdains, but in the opposite direction. It is just as wedded to the deterministic pessimism of its position as the anecdote-obsessed people she despises are wedded to the deterministic optimism of theirs. It’s no wonder this article frightens Ms. Beisner’s pro-choice friends. From a moral standpoint, it’s not pro-choice. Only pro-death. And the beliefs of certain radical feminists notwithstanding, that is not a viable position to argue.

Comments (144)

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:30am

    …
    Lynn Beisner, if your mother had aborted you, her life would not have been any better.
    Don’t kid yourself into believing that she would have gone further in life, accomplished more, and would have been better off financially.
    If your mother had been a goal oriented, purpose driven person, she would have accomplished her heart’s desire, even with a child to care for.

    I know quiet of few “losers” who blame their children for their own failures and shortcomings. I say to them, bull crap. They use their unplanned pregnancies as a crutch. I tell these people that they probably actually accomplished more in life, by having the kids.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:09am

      Good post @Leadnotfollow.
      I wonder if Beisner is mentally ill or depressed. Wishing you weren’t born… I‘ve heard children say that while they’re throwing tantrums because they didn’t get the Barbie Mansion or the video games they wanted for Christmas and the like, but an adult… ? She must be mentally ill or maybe driven insane from justifying Liberal propaganda.

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    • michael48
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:15am

      progressive liberal= only happy when they’re NOT…and btw…if you’re not miserably happy(whatever he he!! that means)..you’re a “racist”

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    • Constantine Ivanov
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 6:30pm

      Not all people are strong enough to accomplish what they might have been dreaming of.
      Even more so – with women who, with all their feminist pretensions to being as strong as men, more often than not need some male support.

      You “…know quiet of few “losers” who blame their children for their own failures and shortcomings,” you said.

      I know very good women, but very ill from their birth, who were not able to realize their skills and talents just because all their physical power went to kids, and at the end of their lives they told (me and my friends) that they are extremely depressed and dispirited that their entire life was spent just on producing kids, like any cow, without a chance to realize themselves.

      It’s easy to condemn others when they are different…

      I like many things that religious people (Christians in particular) say.
      But what makes me hard to fully reconcile with them is a not infrequent extremism and uncritical dogmatism in following certain – more politically biased than not – “interpreters” of the Bible.

      I, for instance, am definitely against late-term abortion: I know what the procedure and the outcome look like; it’s a murder. I want that every single women be forced to see a video with an actual abortion procedure before they decide to go for it.

      But saying that a blastula is already a human is an anti-scientific fanaticism.
      Calling for keeping a blastula that was produced by a rapist is taunting at the raped woman’s dig

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    • dmerwin
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 8:23pm

      Look no further to prove some liberals are really idiots.

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    • Constantine Ivanov
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:03pm

      I wanted to finish my phrase that was cut due to the character limit:

      Calling for keeping a blastula that was produced by a rape and/or incest is taunting at the raped woman’s dignity.
      And it’s the same disdain and contempt toward women as shown by rabid Sharia law that treats women as as a primitive sperm-receiver and an insensitive incubating machine.

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    • Constantine Ivanov
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:05pm

      I wanted to finish my phrase that was cut due to the character limit:

      Calling for keeping a blastula that was produced by a rape and/or incest is taunting at the raped woman’s dignity.
      And it’s the same disdain and contempt toward women as shown by rabid Sharia law that treats women as as a primitive $реrm-receiver and an insensitive incubating machine.

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    • Constantine Ivanov
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:06pm

      I wanted to finish my phrase that was cut due to the character limit:

      Calling for keeping a blastula that was produced by a rape and/or incest is taunting at the raped woman’s dignity.
      And it’s the same disdain and contempt toward women as shown by rabid Sharia law that treats women as a primitive insensitive incubating machine.

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    • wykedraven
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:24am

      the last line of your post…beautifully said.

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  • Verceofreason
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25am

    People have been saying “I wish I was never born” long before abortion was legal.
    No big whoop here.

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  • MyzPhoenyx
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19am

    People like this make me sick. I was born at the tail end of 1973.. my birth mother had actually traveled out of the state that she was living in, to seek out an abortion in another state. I don’t know why, and I may never know as I’ve never been able to find her, she opted to return home and try to care for me for 8 months before giving me up for adoption. But I’ll tell you this, even with all of the agony that I’ve suffered in my life, I thank God and my birth mother for opting to give me life, instead of snuffing it out before I had a chance to experience it, with all of its ups and downs. I thank her for giving me the opportunity to be a strong woman that has learned through her trials and tribulations, how to pick myself up, brush myself off and move on with life. I have the chance to love and yes, even be angry and hurt. It means I’m ALIVE! I can feel despair or I can feel elation! I can look on the face of my husband and know love and thankfulness. I can look on the face of the parents that raised me and know that even with all of our troubles in the past, life can be better when we learn a few valuable lessons. I pity those that are so quick to jump on the “life has no meaning” bandwagon. Her argument is pitiful and selfish in every respect and extreme. Wah wah, I had a tough childhood. Join the crowd, sweetheart. My life story would only serve make you look like the whiny fool that you are.

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    • Rajabear1
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:15am

      Same here. My adoptive parents were very abusive, but I have always been grateful to my birth mother, whoever she is, for choosing life and have never ‘blamed’ her for my ‘unhappy’ childhood. I’ve always looked at my struggles as tests of strength and lessons from above. I have lived on my own since 15yrs of age and have been successful and blessed along the way. 3 kids of my own and I can say no matter what her reasons for giving me up, it was the most intense and selfless gift a woman can ever do.

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  • EBL
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17am

    I thought it might be a parody, but it probably isn’t and it is one of the most depressed and saddest stories I have read. She means it. How it would suck to be her. I disagree with her, but I wish I could help her too. I hope she can one day be happy.

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    • meeester
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:14am

      Very thoughtful of you. I’ll concede to your thoughtfulness and hold my initial thoughts to myself.

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  • christhefanatic
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:02am

    Has anyone here ever seen the inside of a leftist’s head? Just wondering.

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:36am

      …
      CHRIS… To look inside a liberal’s head, would be like watching an episode of The Twilight Zone.

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  • PutMoreOnMyPlate
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:01am

    Dear Mom,
    I hate the way you treated me growing up. I wish you head aborted me and ruined any chance for happiness that would have been overshadowed by the guilt of murdering a bunch of unfeeling cells.

    This article hit a nerve. Sorry.

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  • OutOnTheTiles
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:59pm

    Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. Case in point.

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  • rickg62
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:46pm

    Anybody else catch the almost hidden blame Christianity line in there? What makes this whiny brat think that her mother would have awoken after the abortion and suddenly said, “I’m going to be a better person and not a tramp”? Typical liberal, she blames the repressive government for her lousy youth.

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    • YourVoiceMatters
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:34am

      the term should be christianism not Christianity! Christianity denotes relationship! christianism is a form a religion that only gives credence to some principles but there is no relationship here just rules and regs and a cheyene social club exsistince…people confuse anything that carries the name Christ as Christ’s which as we have seen before it is Not always the case! When He is the head of His church, it is full of love, acceptance, forgiveness, joy. patience, peace and restoration just for starters…then you move into healing and blessing and outreach that comes as we grow in the Word and understanding and so much more! But its tiring seeing this get sooo misrepresented all the time…when you experience the real compared to the phony there is NO mistaking which is which =D

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    • rosegrower
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 9:33am

      That was my first impression – it wasn’t about the blessings of abortion, but about the perils of “extreme” Christianity. Note, however, that the writer totally excuses her mother’s poor choices – she says her house was a “magnet” for “predatory men,” but fails to see that her mother invited those predators in! So to a liberal, it‘s always the man’s fault and the fault of religion, rather than the poor, ignorant and flat-out stupidity of the woman that creates society’s problems. Frankly, this woman is exactly the kind who was targeted when abortions were made legal, and it’s these same women who continue to reproduce in order to fulfill her own wants. You can’t fix stupid, lazy or greedy with any kind of law or government program.

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    • listeninginVT
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:00am

      Rosegrower— Amen. Ms. Beisner is severely cracked.

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  • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:41pm

    The world and the future generations too….

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  • Witness1974
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:39pm

    I have said, “I wish I had never been born!” I still feel that way at times. However I recognize it is a statement of arrogance and ignorance. First, my parents did not know the future and at this late date in my own life neither do I. It is a statement the belies a lack of faith and a denial of God’s wisdom and providence. In short it is the kind of statement an atheist makes. How much worse is it then to be so preumptious as to claim the wisdom to make life and death decisions about another individual’s life. For those of you who are Christian and pro-life, we should be praying for Lynn Beisner, not mocking her.

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    • Raging_Waters
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:52am

      Thanks for injecting some mercy, very few seem to…

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:53am

      Her self loathing is rather sad, especially when she tries to say it is something else. If her story is correct, she probably has some leftover baggage from her childhood she needs to deal with.

      Forgive my cynicism, but I doubt she would accept and help, and I don’t have enough mercy to waste on another hopeless cause.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:43am

      A couple of years ago I was pretty much a pro-choice person, but after observing the various debates and reader-posted links on this site (and others to a lesser extent), I have changed my mind.

      The only exception to the pro-life position of which I’m now convinced, is that the life of the mother is paramount when the continuation of the pregnancy threatens her.

      Don’t be too tough on us atheists, Witness, we are thinking people, too. Because people have a differing opinion on one thing, does not automatically mean that they hold all of the opinions of their assigned grouping.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:47am

      A sure cure for self-loathing is to quit thinking about self every second. See if there is something that your moving arms and legs can do to help others. We won the Eternal Lottery to be able to experience life and it’s tough for everyone..many times during our lives. The purpose is to let us have the chance to choose Jesus. Those of us who have are given wonderful insight and vision, those who have not wander in darkness…here is the scary part. Even when they die they wander in darkness for once in existence..there they are. There are people who are dying every day who would love to have X # of years to live here on earth. I hope this woman finds Jesus for real. I agree, just because it says “Christian this or that” doesn‘t mean it’s for real. It’s DEEDS and FRUIT not words.
      The fastest way out of depression (and this woman is definitely in depression) is to take the focus off of oneself and onto something positive she can do for others.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 7:19am

      This may come as a surprise, given how openly pro-life I am, but I think Kiessling’s position is also extreme. Rape is a very violent and destructive act. Gang rape is even worse. And I’m sorry to get gruesome, but some rapes are the product of Satanic activity.

      Men who rape are spiritually, socially and mentally depraved. So who am I to tell a woman she must bear the fruit of an act that was done to her AGAINST HER WILL by one or more pervs? Do I know what that’s like? No. All I can do is empathize with any woman’s inability to cope with such a pregnancy. These are exceptional cases, but they do happen, and it is unrealistic to think that all women who have been brutally raped (or the men in their lives) will respond to Christian counseling. I wouldn’t have the heart to condemn someone whose will has been violated. To me, that’s where God draws the line.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 7:26am

      What a bogus bunch of hogwash…! And I am a Christian…
      Her Logic is totally irrational ..!
      This lib is clever and she is deceptive as all get out..!
      And in fact it’s the ‘exact opposite’… that has more destructive
      behavior of the mother-to-be…
      This Writer Lynn Beisner Is using typical liberal tactics..
      She has been very busy trying to figure out…How to under-mind
      what really happens to a woman and the psychological hell
      that a woman goes through… AFTER they make that fateful decision
      of having the abortion..

      This deceptive piece of garbage… is trying to turn around what
      really happens to a woman , that has remorse …
      AFTER THE ABORTION ..and says what if..?
      Its Having the abortion …That has Severe consequences to the woman…
      How can a woman escape her thoughts on her having a abortion ..?
      When there are children everywhere to remind her of this act…?
      Having the abortion is what starts them down the path of self-destruction ..!
      ….NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND….
      THEY CAN ALWAYS GIVE THE CHILD AWAY…!!
      And the mother can always have hope to see the child again
      “IF” she ever changes her mind….
      What a bunch of drivel…!
      Some of you passive Christians ..Better wake the hell up.
      We are at war…!

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:52am

      @pattyhenry
      I agree with the last part of your statement up to a point.Sometimes it isn’t the person who is so focused on their life but others around them that force the issue.It sounds as though someone has attempted to if not succeeded at brainwashing her.Its one way sociopaths and the EOS works.By keeping someone so focused on there own life and their supposed wrongs, they won’t have the time or endurance to critically analyze thier captor.Its sometimes refered to as the invisible prison.Not all who hold people captive use strictly physical means.

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    • SmirkPyrite
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:38pm

      I’m adding her to my prayers, starting now. She needs to experience the love of the real God, not the twisted one of an abusive stepfather.

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  • freedomisasfreedomdoes
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:39pm

    This woman is not only missing LOADS of logic but empathy in regards to human life. She is seemingly, very “cold and indifferent” on the subject of life. If she can come to rationale (irrationale) that she should have been aborted given her life and it’s costs, what else could she rationalize in regards to human lives? Murder?

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    • DLV
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:47pm

      She certainly advocates murder. Sad.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:38pm

    This one wants attention and sympathy. She needs salvation and to grow up and quit listening to those leftist idiots who are making her crazy.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:37pm

    If she wanted to die she would do that, but she should know after that is the Judgement. God says: Thou shall not kill (murder.) People who kill little babies are cowards and do not want to accept responsibility for them going against God and fornicating outside marriage or simply not wanting to be responsible. That is murder. It cannot be rationalized in the eyes of God. It would seem to me that an ounce of prevention (especially refraining from…) is worth a pound of cure, sure enough. What kind of mercy did that little baby receive and why should anyone expect it if they die without having asked forgiveness for their sins. If people do not ask for forgiveness how can anyone, even God forgive them. This is sincere forgiveness, not just saying it for effect. It has to be realized it is sin and know they are sinners to be forgiven. If you want to know what sin is, search the Bible. Search the Commandments. Many people will pick and choose what sin is, avoiding their pet sins. This is not the way it works.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:37pm

    wow! thats all i can say

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  • Individualism
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:36pm

    Real pro lifers are anti war and condemn all murderers instead of praise them.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:50pm

      INDI, The fact that War and Abortion are morally equivalent in your pea-brain is all anyone ever needs to know about you.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:54pm

      Uhm, the commandment is not really “Thou Shalt not Kill”, but “Thou Shalt Not Murder.” War is recorded in the Bible repeatedly. The Bible also addresses capital punishment also and there are several instances of it in Scripture.

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    • DEFCON4
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:21am

      @individualism- Condemn all murders to what? Last week, you accused the state of Texas of murder.
      In reference to the execution of Marvin Wilson…..

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  • lel2007
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:33pm

    Too tedious for me, but I suspect liis wasted on Lynn Beisner.

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  • DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:33pm

    I’ve come across a lot of misguided justifications for abortion…but this one tops them all.

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  • Wakeup Maggie
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:32pm

    Long walk, short pier

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  • JimmyP
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:32pm

    New bumper sticker:
    I’d rather have been aborted!

    sorta like the
    “I’d rather be sailing”
    or
    “I’d rather be golfing”
    bumper sticker.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:31pm

    You are allowing that science is above God. It is not. You think a college education, the proverbial carrot on the stick now-a-days is going to help you? You would trade a college education so you can take hell for murdering a little baby? This is a sick society. Keep your legs closed and do not fornicate. If you need a mate, get married. The Word of God is the Wisdom you need to avoid the things in this world that is ready to destroy not only your body but your soul. That college education or that movie career is not going to keep you out of hell. How you live your life depends upon your trusting God and accepting Christ as your savior. This life is short at the longest but where you spend eternity is going to depend upon whether you trust God or man.

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    • Kathleen
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:44am

      I have a friend who aborted her baby because it would interrupt her education. After the abortion, she quit school, got married and had kids and is now a stay at home mum.

      Women underestimate the effect an abortion has on them in many cases. The emotional baggage many of them carry for a long time, if not the rest of their lives. This is the lie that modern culture has fed them. That there is nothing to it.

      You get those women who shout from the rooftops that they don’t regret their abortion, but somehow they shout it a little too loudly for me to really believe them.

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  • Raging_Waters
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:30pm

    The desire death, but they won’t attain their desire.

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  • phrogdriver
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:30pm

    Part of the problem with the abortion debate is that we have let it devolve into the question of when the fetus acheives conciousness. The real question is: when does God grant a person his or her rights?

    Since I can’t find anything that pinpoints the exact moment, I have to assume that moment is conception.

    But I’m happy to entertain alternative theories. Can anyone tell me with absolute certainity when we are granted our self evident rights?

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  • ArcticDodge
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:27pm

    “I love my life, but I wish my mother had aborted me.”

    More proof that liberalism is a disease.

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  • phrogdriver
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:27pm

    I‘m tempted to ask if we can all agree that she’s right.

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    • Le Sellers
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:32am

      I was a bit surprised to have had to scroll so far down the page before seeing this sort of comment. I, too, wondered what our lives would have been like had all those Lynn Beisner counseled to talk about being aborted, actually had been.

      I wish no one ill. Nonetheless, it would not be startling if she undertook an ex-post facto abortion: she appears two points beyond depressed.

      And it is odd, even shocking, to read when one of them stops being a hypocrite.

      Mr. O’bama, where are the Jobs?

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  • MODEL82A1
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:24pm

    This is the Leftist “philosophy” come to fruition. I, for one, completely support the premise.

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  • Raging_Waters
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:31pm

    I think she’d prefer a froward lifestyle..

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  • Melika
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:51am

    She’s not Brit, she’s living in the south “teaching” at a college. She is also using a pen name. I would LOVE it if some reporter could track her down, then find her mother and see how she feels about this self-centered moron.

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  • nowonuno
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:22am

    She makes a strong case for late-term abortion. Maybe a proof of concept will sway me. Nope, sorry. Better luck next time…or not. Godless libs will never see the blessing that is this life It is sad..

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  • TIME_THE_AVENGER
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:17am

    we have a donor – prep her

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  • JACKTHETOAD
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:44am

    Buck Bharma much, AVENGER?

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